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ABOUT
ERIK REID
Erik is a 32-year-old general manager of a local Walmart.
He graduated with his master’s degree in chemical engineering
at the height of the recession, when there weren’t many good-
paying jobs at all—let alone in chemistry. So he gladly took
the position at Walmart.
“I really like my job,” Erik says without hesitation. “The pace,
the challenges, the people.” Walmart feels grateful to have him:
Erik's store is one of the best performers in its region.
He makes good money, but the rent where Erik
lives with his wife and young daughter has
doubled in the past ten years. The loans he took
out (for the degree he’'s not using) are crippling.
And after paying the monthly daycare bill—he
can’'t believe how expensive it is, but someone
needs to watch his kid, you know?—Erik and his
family are living paycheck to paycheck
Erik Reid
